The New York Times’ public editor, Arthur Brisbane, created something of a dust-up on Thursday, January 12th when he wrote a column titled, Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante? The gist of the column posed the question: should reporters challenge the “facts” newsmakers assert when reporters write stories stating those assertions? The column caused…Read the Rest of Article
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The last few months of 2011 were wildly busy. I was finishing Sorrow’s Spy, the second volume in the serial novel that I’m calling The Marten Fane Story (Pacific Heights was the first volume), and I was writing the opening content for The Marten Fane website which will, I hope, go online in a month…Read the Rest of Article
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I’ve been trying to track down studies regarding the increasing (or not) concerns that Americans have about privacy and the Internet. I see studies that reflect trends going in both directions, (the more people use the Internet, the more they become careless and unconcerned about privacy, OR the more people use the Internet the more they get…Read the Rest of Article
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After writing the previous blog post last night about the FBI’s expanding surveillance capabilities, I found a fascinating article in this morning’s The New York Times on the same subject. “You Want to Track Me?” is an op ed piece that will make you laugh while it teaches something about the absurdity of wanting to know everything about everyone all the…Read the Rest of Article
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The accelerated growth of technological advancements in recent years has made it possible for governments–and individuals–to spy on fellow citizens to a degree unprecedented in history. This rate of development of new technologies has often outstripped our understanding of the implications of what these data collection and surveillance capabilities mean for the future of our…Read the Rest of Article
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Forget politics for a moment and just look at our money, where it is, where it’s going, who has it, who doesn’t, how, where, what, when, and why . Vizualizing Economics is an incredible site. Roam through all of the graphics available on this site and you will be fascinated. And educated. This really is a…Read the Rest of Article
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Below is an article that appeared on Wired’s “Threat Level” blog on Monday 17, 2011…I’m putting it here because it’s one of those things that warrants follow-up scrutiny by all of those interested in the massive, decade-long expansion of our intelligence community, primarily through contract companies. How this cost cutting takes place (the back-room bargaining which we will probably only hear about…Read the Rest of Article
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Rag Radio : Suspense Novelist David Lindsey on the Private Intelligence Industry Interview by Thorne Dreyer / Rag Radio. Austin resident and New York Times bestselling novelist David Lindsey discusses his fascinating career and the booming contract espionage business that is the subject of his latest novel cycle. Go to the post to learn more about Lindsey and his work, and to listen…Read the Rest of Article
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As I’ve traveled to book signings during the last couple of weeks in Texas, California, and Arizona, and as I’ve talked about Pacific Heights and the other novels in the Fane story, some questions have been asked more than a few times about the new novels. Here are a couple of them, with my answers….Read the Rest of Article
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Here are two recent radio interviews with NPR affiliates. The first is with KUT-FM’s Ian Campbell in Austin KUT interview. And the second one with KUHF-FM’s Rod Rice KUHF interview. Below is an “update” interview I did with Mark Pryor recently. Mark is an Assistant District Attorney in Austin and a former newspaper reporter. He has an…Read the Rest of Article
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